Sr. Firewall Engineer; Palo Alto​/Prisma Access

Overview

We are seeking a Sr.
Network Security Engineer with deep expertise in Palo Alto Networks and Prisma Access (Global Protect). The ideal candidate will bring 5+ years of expert-level experience designing, implementing, and operating enterprise network security solutions across complex hybrid environments.

This individual will have extensive experience with routing and switching integration
, next-generation firewall (NGFW) architecture
, cloud network security
, and the full lifecycle of firewall operations, including automation, monitoring, support, optimization, and maintenance.

In this role, you will architect, deploy, and support secure network solutions across Real Page's global infrastructure, including on-premises data centers, multi-cloud environments, VMware NSX platforms, and remote corporate and customer locations. You will be responsible for the daily management, monitoring, performance, and troubleshooting of critical network security systems while ensuring high availability, scalability, and operational excellence.

The successful candidate will partner closely with Infrastructure, Cloud, Security, Engineering, and Operations teams to troubleshoot complex networking challenges, define future-state architectures, recommend strategic enhancements, and lead the implementation of secure, scalable network solutions that support the business today and into the future.

• Palo Alto Firewall(PA5450, 5250, 450,AIRS VM NGFW,Panorama
  11.2+,Prisma, GP, Log Collectors)–Required
• Cisco Nexus (9500, 9300 and 7K)–Required
• Cisco
  4000’s,2600’s4500’s-Required
• Clouds AWS or Google Cloud Required
• VMware NSX Preferred
• F5 LTM, GTM, AFM, ASM, APM
  - Preferred

• Manage and act as subject matter expert (SME) for our Palo Alto Firewalls and management platform – focus on improvements and automation
• Engineer solutions utilizing
  
  Cisco, F5 and AWS or GCP stack.
• Ideal candidates will haveAWS,GCP experience.
• Configure,monitor, and troubleshoot network platform
• Perform in depth application assessments and document changesrequiredto on board APP into Real Page Systems
• Determine operational weaknesses within the existing network infrastructure and present execution plans toovercomingthose concerns ina timely fashion while still making the most cost-efficient use of resources.
• Evaluate andidentifyopportunities to improve the security and/or performance of existing environments.
• Interact with other teams to provide escalation support during outages and customer issues even if the problem might not be directly relatedto the network infrastructure.
• Interact directly with technical and non-technical customers/vendors to resolve incidents and manage project tasks.
• Work to completion all projects assigned to the engineer and exhaust all possible resources in order toprovide results on time, within specifications, and on budget.
• Activelymonitorand react to real-time network conditions and make recommendations on improving monitoring and reporting.
• Configure,monitor, and troubleshoot routing, BGP, SDWAN, IPSEC and NSX configurations
• Implementation and enforcement of existing and self-designed security measures and policies to protect the Real Page and client networks from both external and internal attacks and/or abuses.
• Travel may berequiredto meet project objectives.
  
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